The Social Media
Distance With the theme of seeing and being seen, social
distance that comes with the territory. With two
media has naturally come up often in submissions
screens between each of us in any given
we’ve received for this issue. Social media is
interaction on social media, it is worth considering
arguably now the primary format through which
how this affects the way we see each other, the
we see each other; during lockdown it became
world, and ourselves.
the only format for many of us. Editors Kimberlin and Simoné discussed their While we’re unbelievably fortunate to have had
preferred social media platforms, how they make
this connection with each other throughout this
sure to use it mindfully, and how distancing
time of social distancing and while it has brought
yourself from social media for a short while can
us closer in many ways, there is a different kind of
give you a new perspective on it.
“We are forced to see more yet given fewer tools and less time to think about seeing. If we cannot stop the pace of images, if we cannot remove ourselves from the pipeline of contemporary living, then we must carve out spaces to think, debate, and come to terms with this visual world.” — Visual Culture, Alexis L. Boylan
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